Search Results: Authors starting with F from AJ Scruffles

London: George Bell & Sons, 1878. Hardcover. Good. Half leather binding with marbled paper boards. Stories and educations pieces for children. With b/w illustrations. Previous owner's stamp to front pastedown. Rubbing to edges, especially top and tale of spine. Contents clean and tight. Good+

London: G. Bell and Sons, 1932. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Tremendous eight volume (incl. index) publication of Michael Faraday's Diary from the years 1820-1862. Faraday had bequeathed his Diaries to the Royal Institution and from 1932-6 they released this first printing. A fascinating record of the work of one of the great experimentalists. Under the editorial supervision of Thomas Martin with a foreword by William Bragg, it contains all his notes, observations and figures as well facsimiles of his own sketches that pepper the margins. Also included are a number of b/w plates that show excerpts from his hand-written diary, his equipment (his large electromagnet), his larger diagrams or portraits of Faraday himself. Large 8vo. Blue cloth boards with gilt titling. In publisher's original wrappers. Top edge gilt. Dust jacket of volume I is torn along rear joint with a portion missing from bottom but included. Rubbing to top and tail of DJs spines with some loss to a couple. Light… Read More

London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co., 1920. Hardcover. Good. Elegant leather edition of Farnol's popular comic 1913 novel. Gilt decoration to spine. Top edge gilt. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Rubbing and fraying to top of spine. Tanning to page edges. Contents clean and tight. Good.

London: T. Hatchard, 1851. Hardcover. Good. Poetical, philosophical aphorisms on a variety of topics including cheerfulness, beauty, ambition, etc. Full leather, bound by Riviere. All edges gilt. Raised bands to spine. Frontisportrait. Toning and rubbing to spine. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Some spotting to title page and end-papers. Occasional pencil dashes next to interesting quotes. Contents otherwise clean and binding tight. Good.

London: Communications Engineering Doctorate Centre, UCL, 2005. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean and prim. Very good.

London: Penguin, 1960. Soft cover. Good. Spine slightly cocked. Mild creasing to spine and toning and rubbing to covers. Tanning to page edges. Contents clean and tight. Good.

Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1982. Hardcover. Good. Handsome edition of Faulkner's allegorical novel of Southern culture and history, taking place before, during and after the civil war. With introduction in Russian, text in English. With map (annotated in english) to rear. Some rubbing to cloth boards and very flight fading to gilt titling. Otherwise nice, tight and clean. Good+ condition.

New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Previous owner's name to front pastedown. Bumping to edges. Foxing to fore-edge. Contents clean and binding sound. Good. *Due to size and weight extra shipping fees may apply to overseas orders*

London: The Medici Society, 1929. Hardcover. Good. Third printing. Maps to end-papers. With b/w images. Sunning and marking to spine, with closed tear to top. Occasional light spotting within. Contents otherwise clean and binding tight. Good.

London: Collins, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. No date but c. 1920. Pleasant red leather edition. With b/w illustrations. Top edge gilt. Mild wear to spine. Mild rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight. Very good.

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1930. Hardcover. Good. From the Tauchnitz collection of British and American Authors, copyright edition. No. 4938. Neatly rebound in blue cloth with leather label to spine. 12mo. We have many more similarly bound Tauchnitz editions. Very light foxing to fore-edge. Good condition.

Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good. Handsome quarter leather Franklin library edition of Fielding's novell. With marbled end-papers. All edges gilt. Illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson. Elaborate gilt design to spine and covers. Some marking to covers. Some mild shelf-wear, otherwise Crisp and clean. Very good

London: The Folio Society, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good. Charming Folio Society edition of Fielding's great comic novel of 1749. With splendid b/w engraves by Derrick Harris. Pictorial cloth covers with leather label to spine. Complete with slipcase. Sunning to spine. Slipcase has some foxing to rear panel. Contents clean and tight. Very good overall.

London: The Folio Society, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good. Charming Folio Society edition of Fielding's great comic novel of 1749. With splendid b/w engraves by Derrick Harris. Pictorial cloth covers with leather lable to spine. Lacks slipcase. A little rubbing to label, slight bumping to edges. Light marking to covers. Contents clean and binding sound. Good.

London: The Folio Society, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good. Charming Folio Society edition of Fielding's great comic novel of 1749. With splendid b/w engraves by Derrick Harris. Pictorial cloth covers with leather lable to spine. Lacks slipcase. Slight sunning to spine. Contents clean and tight. Very good.

London: Heron, 1970. Hardcover. Fine. Handsome Heron Literary Heritage edition of Fielding's great comic novel. Complete in two volumes. In blue faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration. Decorated end-papers. With b/w illustrations and introduction. In crisp fine condition.

London: Austin Macauley, 2015. Soft cover. Near Fine. Some very mild shelf-wear. Contents clean and tight. Near fine.

London: Oxford University Press, 1953. Hardcover. Good. Rubbing and fading to gilt on spine. Bumping to spine. Contents clean and tight. good.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. With DJ. Extremely light foxing to page edge. Previous owner's name to ffep. Couple of instances of pencil underlining. Contents bright and clean. Very good overall.

Colchester: Benham & Co., 1922. Hardcover. Very Good. History and topography of the churches of Harlow and the surrounding areas. With numerous illustrations done in colour by the author of stained glass windows, crests etc. Spine slightly cocked, previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Mild pencil notes within, else clean and tight. Very good.